Road Work To Interrupt I-95 Traffic

Traffic in the new Interstate 95 expansion area will be interrupted for the first time this weekend as construction crews change lane layouts for the early stages of construction.

Beginning at 7 a.m. Saturday and running through 6 a.m. Monday, parts of one of the three southbound lanes of I-95 between Linton Boulevard and Yamato Road will be closed to traffic, said Barbara Sarff of the Florida Department of Transportation`s Fort Lauderdale district office.

The closings will allow crews to take out the old lane markings and put down new ones as they move the three lanes a few feet toward the outside of the road, she said.

When the work is done, Sarff said, the inside and outside lanes will be narrowed from 12 to 11 feet, while the middle lane will remain 12 feet wide.

Work will begin at the Linton Boulevard interchange and proceed south in stages of about 3,000 feet at a time, Sarff said.

Workers will follow this schedule:

-- Parts of the southbound outside lane will close from 7 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday.

-- Parts of the southbound middle lane will close from midnight Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday.

-- Parts of the southbound inside lane will close from 7 a.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday.

-- Parts of the southbound middle lane will close from midnight Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday.

Although lanes will be blocked, off and on, for the most part of two days, speed limits through the construction area will remain at 55 mph, Sarff said.

Construction started two weeks ago on widening the 3.8-mile section and adding new commuter lanes and a concrete median barrier wall.

The $26.6 million project also will include a new partial interchange leading to and from Congress Avenue, as well as Palm Beach County`s first Park-and- Ride lot adjacent to Congress and the new interchange.